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The U.S. military bomber force remains ready to deliver precision global strike capabilities, which includes the ability to conduct operations that launch and recover from the continental United States.

The Pentagon confirmed that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel provided the UK with intelligence that pointed toward a threat of an Iranian attack on the base.

The U.S. military evacuated the B-1 bombers because the base was under a threat of attack by Iran. This action followed the arrest of several dual British-Iranian citizens by British security forces who were suspected of planning an attack on the base.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plague is a potentially life-threatening bacterial disease, but it can be cured with antibiotics if it is treated promptly.

No, Russian health authorities have not confirmed a plague diagnosis. The public health agency stated that Shipilova had "pneumonia of unknown etiology" and that further testing found no microorganisms linked to her work, describing the epidemiological situation in the region as stable.

Russian health authorities imposed quarantines at several medical facilities in the Irkutsk region and placed nearly 200 people who had come into contact with Shipilova under medical observation. Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev reported that those being monitored showed no signs of illness and tested negative.

Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old woman who worked at an anti-plague research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region, reportedly broke a test tube containing the pneumonic plague pathogen on September 25. She was admitted to a hospital on September 29 with symptoms of severe pneumonia and died overnight between October 1 and October 2.

A Trump administration official stated that the White House is aware of the situation, is monitoring the outbreak, and is currently assessing options.